tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post7584930475859622807..comments2023-10-22T02:35:41.216-07:00Comments on Citizen K.: Great Endings: The Natural (1952)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-36566937964190566142010-12-02T20:36:31.064-08:002010-12-02T20:36:31.064-08:00CP, got you covered here.CP, got you covered <a href="http://killiansaid.blogspot.com/2010/10/great-endings-catch-22.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-82331784838614422222010-12-02T20:17:18.679-08:002010-12-02T20:17:18.679-08:00And one of my favorite opening lines:
"Last ...And one of my favorite opening lines:<br /><br />"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again."<br /><br /><i>Rebecca</i> - Daphne DuMaurierCowtown Pattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384649567351202679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-90021623281230091122010-12-02T20:15:23.301-08:002010-12-02T20:15:23.301-08:00I like the last lines in Catch 22:
"The kni...I like the last lines in Catch 22:<br /><br /> "The knife came down, missing him by inches, annd he took off."Cowtown Pattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384649567351202679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-27198071459201856782010-12-02T19:19:27.490-08:002010-12-02T19:19:27.490-08:00A New Life is also a good one -- academic novel se...<i>A New Life</i> is also a good one -- academic novel set in the Pacific Northwest and based on his experiences teaching at Oregon State in Corvallis.<br /><br />Some other first-rate baseball novels:<br /><br /><i>You Know Me, Al</i>, Ring Lardner<br /><i>The Great American Novel</i>, Phillip Roth<br /><i>Bang the Drum Slowly</i>, Mark Harris (also a good movie, starring a young Robert DeNiro)<br /><i>The Kid From Tomkinsville</i>, John R. Tunis (written for young people)<br /><i>Hoopla</i>, Harry Stein<br /><i>Shoeless Joe</i>, W P Kinsella<br /><i>Tootp-Toot-Tootsie Goodbye</i>, Ron PowersK.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-69653357680596418742010-12-02T14:35:46.680-08:002010-12-02T14:35:46.680-08:00Missed both.Missed both.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-59685209588441757492010-12-02T06:34:20.337-08:002010-12-02T06:34:20.337-08:00I've read a lot of Malamud's work, but som...I've read a lot of Malamud's work, but somehow I missed <i>The Natural</i>. Like Lydia, though, I saw the movie and liked it. I just never realized that it was based on one of Malamud's books. Hmmmm...Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-11087580259725407462010-12-02T05:54:34.221-08:002010-12-02T05:54:34.221-08:00Whoops, fact check. Make that Henry Roth.Whoops, fact check. Make that Henry Roth.paulahttp://www.birdsonawireblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-67845636635033955342010-12-02T05:53:02.122-08:002010-12-02T05:53:02.122-08:00I also loved The Fixer. Along the same line, did y...I also loved The Fixer. Along the same line, did you ever read Phillip Roth's Call It Sleep?paulahttp://www.birdsonawireblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-34448345537633991592010-12-02T04:52:06.490-08:002010-12-02T04:52:06.490-08:00I read the book years ago--too many to remember. ...I read the book years ago--too many to remember. I now have a list of books I need to re-reead, and this one is included.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-33063157889828792872010-12-02T00:29:23.114-08:002010-12-02T00:29:23.114-08:00I will seem pitiful and admit that I have not read...I will seem pitiful and admit that I have not read the book. But o, how I loved the movie!<br /><br />(Did you see my post with an Emmylou song last week? I considered linking to your 365 blog but wasn't sure if I should...)Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.com